Manners Optional Podcast

Former NHLer Ryan Potulny joins Mark and Gopher Fanboy Joe Falkowski to discuss this weekends upcoming rivarly matchup in Vegas between Marks North Dakota Fighting Sioux and Joes Minnesota Golden Goofers. After 10+ years of pro hockey, Ryan is back in MN as an Undergraduate Assistant Coach for the Gophers, finishing his degree and starting a family.

2012 Big Buck Hunter World Champion, Chris Fream stops by to chat about the upcoming 11th Annual Big Buck Hunter World Championships on October 27th in Las Vegas! The guys go back over a decade so there are plenty of good stories, and a pretty fun Top 5 list of things they like to do in Vegas.

Tim is back for another episode after a few weeks off and throws a total blow and lets the audience knows very big news! We will leave it at that, the Top5 list revolves around this new so you will have to listen to find out what happens! Shout out to Jacques from Paris for his call in, we appreciate the listen and to "The Wolf" well good luck in life!

Kyle from SLP drops by for his second appearance on the pod to do a College Hockey Preview episode with Mark. They talk a little college puck, NHL, and Ryder Cup recap as well. Answering Machine was ring off the hook this week and several callers are featured including Danny Irmen, Chuck from the Chosen City, Matt from Eden Prairie, and couple from Grumpy Ol' Swecker in Watertown. Lots of laugh this week!

Mark travels to Denver for Great American Beer Fest Weekend and to go to the Denver Rare Beer Tasting. 36 hours of drinking with friends and visiting favorite spots around Denver, his friend Meagan joins him for a quick pod about beer life in Denver as she works for New Image Brewing Company and the finish the pod with their Top 5 favorite Colorado Breweries

Mark gets a call from his beer buddy Mike Wayne of NuBrew, all the way up in the Arctic in the Nunavut Territory. Two records for this ep, Mike is our first international guest, our furthest away call in guest, not to mention a heck of a great dude. Top 5 list is Funniest Movies which naturally sparks a lot of laughter and a few tangents as well

Jeff Mackin joins Mark to chat about all things comedy, music, and beer! From Philadelphia to NYC to Seattle and back to Philly he has a world of stories from here to there. Being a lifetime Phillies fan it only made sense to do a Top 5 list of our favorite Philadelphia Phillies. Lots of laughs and Jeff will surely have to return for another episode down the road!

Daglow is back from his Summer vacation to do the 1 year anniversary show with Mark. Although Tim only was around for about 35 of the episodes, Mark was on each and every eppy! The boys do a year in review style ep and highlight their favorite episode and get almost a dozen calls from listeners wishing congratulations on a successful first year

Bryan Weinhagen joins the show for a fourth time to help Mark with his Fantasy Football draft. Bryan is a diehard football fan and Mark isn't so together they put together a pretty decent little team! Stay tuned for updates on how they are doing!

Gabby Rudisill returns to the pod to talk about nice gestures and doing nice things for people! They sneak in a few things that grind their gears as well! Top 5 list is things to cram in before the end of Summer.